New holes in the safety net? Economic and social consequences of divorce in Denmark

When Marriage Ends: Economic and Social Consequences of Partnership Dissolution

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 98-131

  Hussain, M Azhar ^a   Kangas, Olli ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b SOCIAL INSURANCE INSTITUTION   (Finland)

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